Retired Hall of Fame trainer Flint "Scotty" Schulhofer died Dec. 14 at Aventura Hospital in South Florida. He was 80.

According to his son and retired second-generation trainer, Randy Schulhofer, his father had been in the South Florida hospital since Dec. 5.

"He went peacefully," Schulhofer said. "He had a lot of friends and followers. He was just a great man, and he will be missed."

The younger Schulhofer said his father would be buried in his hometown of Aiken, S.C., Dec. 19.

"I worked for Scotty for 17 years," said Sal Russo. "He was a special man; a first-class kind of person. Not that he wasn't tough, because he was. I learned a lot from him, but I just wish I had the horses he did. He's always telling me to hang in there, because it took him a long time.

"He was a very good caretaker. If he could have taken them home with him at night, he would have. He always preached: if you treat them right, they'll treat you right."

Jockey Jose Santos, who rode Lemon Drop Kid in the Belmont and Travers among other Schulhofer horses, said, "We definitely have great memories together. He was a pretty quiet person and always knew what he was doing with horses. I was only 25-years-old when I came under his wing and I couldn't even speak English that well, but he gave me a great chance.

"He put me on my first Kentucky Derby horse, Cryptoclearance. I also rode Rubiano, Fly So Free, and Colonial Affair. He treated me like a son. He is definitely going to be missed. He was one of the good ones."